Secure Your Meetings
Unfortunately, “Zoombombings” and other unwelcome intrusions continue to impact meetings at VCU and worldwide. To summarize the many security options available to you as a meeting host, we’ve created this video guide to help you keep your meetings safe: In brief, consider employing as many options as practical when securing your meetings: Additionally, in our […]
Get To Know AI Companion
We’ve assembled a brief video reviewing the features available to you with Zoom AI Companion. As a reminder, AI Companion is turned off by default for VCU Zoom users, but you can enable it for your account at vcu.zoom.us, under “Settings > AI Companion.” For more information, see the VCU Zoom information page, or contact […]
Using the Zoom Web App
The Zoom Web App provides an alternative method for hosting and joining Zoom meetings when the desktop client may be unavailable. This can be useful if you’re having difficulties with the installed client or if you find yourself using a device where you lack the necessary administrator rights to install Zoom. When you log in […]
Zoom for Google Workspace
The “Zoom for Google Workspace” integration allows you to link Zoom to your Google Calendar to schedule and manage meetings. To take advantage of this feature, click on the “Google apps” content at the top right of your Gmail or Google Calendar screen… …then use the “More from Google Workspace Marketplace” button to search for […]
Zoom Workplace version 6.4.0 Required for Participation in VCU Zoom Meetings
Starting Thursday, June 5, Zoom Workplace version 6.4.0 will be the minimum software version allowed for participation in VCU-hosted Zoom meetings and webinars. This change is occuring in response to several serious security vulnerabilities identified in earlier Zoom client versions. Once the new rule is in place, version 6.4.0 or greater will be required for […]
Partial Global Zoom Outage Resolution
Zoom is now saying the issue has been resolved and we are seeing more VCU users being able to access Zoom. If you are still having a problem connecting, see Zoom’s note below. Monitoring – Services have been restored, if you are still having connection issues please flush your DNS cache and attempt to reconnect. […]
Partial Global Zoom Outage
A partial global Zoom outage is affecting some VCU users. Zoom is aware of the issue and is working on it. Update – We continue to investigate the domain name resolution issues on the zoom.us domain that is affecting multiple services. More updates to follow.Apr 16, 2025 – 12:51 PDTInvestigating – We are investigating domain […]
Updated AI Companion Controls in Zoom 6.2.5
The newly released Zoom client version 6.2.5 features updated controls for enabling and disabling individual features. As before, AIC can be launched from the toolbar icon. Previously, this would provide you with a choice of which features to turn on. Now, it will instead launch all the features you’ve enabled in your user account settings. […]
VCU Tech Fair 2024!
🎃 Join us for the annual VCU Tech Fair on October 30 and 31. Hosted by VCU Technology Services, this free event is open to all students, faculty, and staff. No registration required. Discover the latest technology tips and tricks while filling your bag with a variety of treats! WHEN and WHERE 🎃 October 30th, […]
AI Companion Enabled for VCU Zoom
Zoom’s AI Companion features including Meeting Summary, Smart Recordings and Meeting Questions are now available for use by VCU Zoom account members. By default, the features are turned off, but you can enable them from your account page at vcu.zoom.us. In this post, you’ll find a brief overview of these new features, with links to […]